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As North Carolina families prepare for a new school year, our school communities are thinking about the many questions students will surely have about the August 12 white supremacist rampage in Charlottesville, VA. We’ve prepared a list of resources for teachers who may be called upon to answer some of those questions.
NC General Assembly conference committee members released their final plan for the biennium shortly before midnight on Monday, June 19. Senate leaders held votes on the 983-page plan, consisting of a bill and money report, the next day, and the measure passed on Thursday. Although Gov. Cooper vetoed it, that was overridden on June 28, 2017.
Now that the House and the Senate have passed their budgets, the differences between the two will be reconciled by a conference committee, with members from both chambers.
The House released a partial Education budget for 2017-2019 on Thursday, May 25th at an 8:30 AM committee meeting. Leadership allowed members to add amendments at the meeting though they had not received the budget in advance. The committee passed the report in a party line vote at approximately 2:45 PM.
The NC Senate released a budget plan for the next two years on May 10, 2017, a day after releasing some details without the full plan. The full chamber passed the bill at 3:08AM on May 12.
Democracy for Sale travels with Zach Galifianakis, the comic star of the Hangover movies, back to his home state to investigate how North Carolina has become a bellwether for how the money of a few has come to dominate our democracy. Join Public Schools First NC and Working Films for free screenings to learn more about […]
The Children’s Law Clinic at Duke Law studied North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program and found it utterly wanting. If you want more accountability for the students in this program, read more and sign our petition.
Gov. Roy Cooper introduced his budget on March 1, 2017, at Durham Tech. It includes major investments in our public schools: teacher and administrator raises; new pre-K slots; a scholarship program for future teachers; and more.
Mark Johnson, the NC Superintendent of Public Instruction, began his NC Education & Innovation Tour. Johnson pledged to hear directly from teachers, parents and the community at various stops across North Carolina. The tour is not open to the public, but he may meet with the media after some stops.
The US Senate confirmed proposed Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos on February 7, 2017, in a historic vote. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking yes vote, something that has never happened before for a cabinet position.
